Sports Direct had wanted the law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) to carry out the review but shareholders said it was not independent because it had worked for the company and its founder, Mike Ashley.
Mike Ashley, the founder of the retail chain, has pledged to offer them a contract with guaranteed hours after a report into the company's working practices by the law firm RPC.
The law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC), which has long worked with Ashley and Sports Direct, carried out a preliminary review published this month and had been tasked with a further investigation.
The company had said the law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC), which carried out a preliminary review published this month, would conduct a further investigation.
Yet Craven held out an olive branch for the RPC.
Recalls – which are issued after a health-and-safety risk that could affect public health, or a major design or production flaw, has been discovered – increased by 26% to 310 in 2014/15 from 245 the previous year, according to figures from London law firm RPC.
Eighteen fines were handed down in 2013 to individuals in senior management positions, down from 30 in 2010, according to figures obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by the London law firm, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC).
At the meeting on Wednesday, shareholders told the board RPC was not independent enough to carry out the review alone and that they wanted a report much earlier.
After a series of communications and the involvement of Ashley's lawyers, RPC, and another PR firm, Keith Bishop Associates, RPC said Ashley was unavailable.
"Incidents of abuse and harm of asylum seekers at the Nauru RPC [regional processing centre] have been clearly documented since Save the Children first began providing services there in 2013.
These events have been recorded by Save the Children in incident reports, through case notes and via other monitoring processes in accordance with guidelines and protocols at Nauru RPC," the submission said.
